Retail store ordered to pay employee €15k compensation

A WEST Cork retail store has been ordered by the Equality Tribunal to pay €15,000 compensation to an employee for failing to accommodate her return to work following an illness.

The Equality Tribunal ruled that Murphy’s Stores in Castletownbere, Co Cork, had discriminated against worker Lynda Sullivan on grounds of disability over the manner in which it facilitated her return to work following a back operation.

Ms Sullivan claimed she was fit to return to work with certain restrictions, while Murphy’s stated it was not willing to allow her to return to her job until she was deemed fit to take up a full list of duties.